King of the Streets - Lazerhawk

Along these broken pavements I let my mind run free The past and the present Seem just the same to me The people I have loved most Among these stones they dwell And in the cleanest language The stories they did tell They pass, they pass, they pass, they pass The streets of Edinburgh Hold half the world for me In scores, in droves, the living and the ghosts The streets of Edinburgh Mean most to me Depending on your view point This place is blessed or cursed And in the years I've lived here I've seen the best and worst An air of sordid passion A look of dirty grace But not right in your face It's not that kind of place They pass, they pass, they pass, they pass The streets of Edinburgh Hold half the world for me In scores, in droves, the living and the ghosts The streets of Edinburgh Mean most to me Down greasy potholed roadways I watch the traffic crawl But for the cars and busses I give no thought at all I think about the future I wonder at her health How with this human wealth She does renew herself They pass, they pass, they pass, they pass The streets of Edinburgh Hold half the world for me In scores, in droves, the living and the ghosts The streets of Edinburgh Mean most to me

Walking down the road Down the road of Soweto. Walking down the road Down the road of Soweto. Walking down the road Down the road of Soweto. Walking down the road Down the road of Soweto. I met a lady in black Everything stop for a sec I could not speak I was blank Thanks to the lady black Allow me to walk you as we chat Maybe grab a snack Later scratch you back Naughty Lady in black I met a lady in black Everything stop for a sec I could not speak I was blank Allow me to walk you as we chat Maybe grab a snack Later scratch you back Naughty Lady in black I met a lady in black She was wearing all black She look as if she was sad But, no wait she was glad. I ran to her and never back Holding hands as we chat She looked at me and she said: My, my, my (and she said) "I love you my man in black" (my man in black) Walking down the road Down the road of Soweto. Walking down the road Down the road of Soweto. I met a lady in black Everything stop for a sec I could not speak I was blank Allow me to walk you as we chat Maybe grab a snack Later scratch you back Naughty Lady in Black Excuse me my baby I can see all from heaven And I kinda knew I'd meet you here around seven I'd like to know you better Cook dinner for you later. Pin up the midnight oil While listening to the The Soil. My shoo be do be Can we be what we should be. My shoo be do be Lovers that's what we should be. My shoo be do be After the dinner could we pillow fight Turn off the light And hold each other tight Walking down the road Down the road of Soweto. Walking down the road Down the road of Soweto. I met a lady in black Everything stop for a sec I could not speak I was blank Allow me to walk you as we chat Maybe grab a snack Later scratch you back Naughty Lady in Black

From the point he gazed, from the choice was made But walk the cave or the shore The oily cave seemed to breathe on him from gravestone jaws His little hand grasped in anguish as he weighed up his coin Somewhere a blue eyed girl in the world is just waiting for a boy Footprints trailed as if trod by slaves up to the gray cave floor But not one graze from anything ever escaping this fort So with coin on hand his joy came back when ordered to take the shore Why on earth, as he wandered the warmth am I obeying this coin Turn your life on the flip of this coin Turn upside, a choice you'd normally avoid And promise me you'll follow what it says Whatever it says Again, walk within the trusted beach or swim the swell of the sea And again the scarier alternative looked like certain death to he He'd never learnt to skill of swimming, it never occurred to be very easy And again he winced as he flipped his coin and it twirled to his feet How is this sane? He blamed the coin now aiming for the waves As he hesitated at the swirl of water that now raged and rained Blue eyed girls were waiting and he was drowning in the spray Blue eyed girls, he should have been acquainted with But for shouting and flailing Turn your life on the flip of this coin Turn upside a choice you'd normally avoid And promise me you'll follow what it says Whatever it says He finally slugs it back to land feeling chewed up and foolish Empties his pockets on the sand spewing a pool each Staggers back to his dad who's too cool to be So he says, why did you have me follow this stupid rule, please To be honest little fellow, I'll tell you I was just as afraid as you But you said you wanted to get with people and places ever new And I got a bit scared about the fate of my baby son's future So I invented a reason to see whether you could ever make do As soon as you appeared behind that rock looking angry at me I soon realized what a hell of a man you've ended up being I knew you'd worked out how to swim which I hadn't had in me And I stand as a companion of you proudest a man has ever been Turn your life on the flip of this coin Turn upside a choice you'd normally avoid And promise me you'll follow what it says Whatever it says

You're awful bright, you're awful smart I must admit you broke my heart The awful truth is really sad I must admit, I was awful bad While lovers laugh and music plays I stumble by and I hide my pain The lamps are lit, the moon is gone I think I've crossed the Rubicon And I, I Walk the streets of love And they're full of tears And I, I Walk the streets of love And they're full of fears While music pumps from passing cars A couple watch me from a bar A band just played the wedding march And the corner store mends broken hearts And a woman asks me for a dance Oh, it's free of charge, just one more chance Oh, but I, I Walk the streets of love And they're full of tears And I, I Walk the streets of love For a thousand years Oh, tell me now Well, I I walk the streets of love Yeah, and they're drenched with tears, oh You had the moves, you had the cards I must admit you were awful smart The awful truth is awful sad I must admit I was awful bad And I, I walk the streets of love And they're drenched with tears And I, I walk the streets of love For a thousand years, oh I, I walk the streets of love And they're drenched with tears, oh I, I Oh, there's only one that love could hear my, oh I, I Yeah, and they're full of tears Oh, everybody be talking 'bout it (I, I) Everybody be walking by And yeah, but I felt that, I, oh, yes, that... Oh, yes, I could (I, I) Oh, that's deep, deep love Yeah, they're drenched, they're drenched in tears And I (I, I) Oh, yeah, come on, give it to me now Give it to me now, oh

Well I sold the farm to take my woman Where she wanted to be We left our friends and all our kin Back there in Tennessee And I bought those one way tickets She had often begged me for And they took us to the streets of Baltimore Well her heart was filled with gladness When she saw those city lights She said the prettiest place on earth was Baltimore at night Well a man feels proud to give his woman What she's longing for And I kinda liked the streets of Baltimore Well I got myself a factory job I ran an old machine And I bought a little cottage In a neighborhood serene And every night when I came home With every muscle sore She'd drag me through the streets of Baltimore Well I tried my best to bring her back To what she used to be But I soon learned she loved those bright lights More than she loved me So I'm going back on that same train That brought me here before While my baby walks the streets of Baltimore While my baby walks the streets of Baltimore